zaoza Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Only 3 days from Rep. of Ireland to Malaysia using DHL. Super fast and in a super sturdy box. The little booklet is hand-numbered, and I got my favorite number. Chuffed to bits. brandy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezfools Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Need to visit VC more often, bummed I JUST missed out on this! What a great fucking album Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDonals Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Mine is arriving today too. For $28 shipping, I feel I am getting my money's worth. 3 days to Chicago; nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dapeebs Posted October 15, 2020 Author Share Posted October 15, 2020 So this was shipped out for me yesterday and is scheduled to be here TODAY. Ordering overseas has always been a toss up for me, if this is ever an option again I’m definitely using DHL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dapeebs Posted October 15, 2020 Author Share Posted October 15, 2020 (edited) Got my copies in with some moderate corner bends on the bottom right. The box had no extra padding inside and the jackets themselves are pretty flimsy. A little disappointed. I do have to say though the LP itself sounds FANTASTIC. Edited October 15, 2020 by dapeebs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoneyFrosted Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 Welp after being super excited at the start of topic I totally blanked on this and now it’s too late. If anyone bought an extra please lmk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDonals Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 17 hours ago, HoneyFrosted said: Welp after being super excited at the start of topic I totally blanked on this and now it’s too late. If anyone bought an extra please lmk. Welllll, I do also have an original pressing that I paid too much for a year ago... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 For anyone that missed out I've got a really fair price in mind for my last pressing that received a thrashing from Europe shipping. Has a few light hairline scratches too from poor pressing plant QC but plays through perfect and sounds great. As for the jacket it has the one bad dog-eared corner on top and the other one isn't much better. Bottom is pristine though (if you're into that). Also features a seam split to bring everything together. $28ppd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDonals Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 My new blue copy got a small dogear too. Man I wish people would over-package these things... Shelby 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek™ Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Alright folks, these bad boys showed up this afternoon. Very respectable travel time. 1 big box, pretty stuffed with shrink wrap. I was feeling good about them before I started to fish them out 1 by 1. As you can imagine, someone threw in a whole set of dog-ears as a bonus with our order. 6 of the 9 have a corner bend. I think it's all the same corner, too, like really shitty "best friends" tattoos that match, shared among drunks dudes before going to college. I don't know how you guys want to handle this. It feels like the top 3 and bottom 3 were playing defense for the middle 3 copies, which are basically pristine. I was kind of hoping it'd be cool to keep one of the good 3 as a selfish token for the time and energy I'm putting in to coordinate this buy and ship out 8 mailers at the end of the week. But if we want to do a lottery system or drawing, that's cool too. Or if we don't give a shit at all, that's also fine! It's always a bummer to pay steep international shipping and get a less-than-perfect jacket as a result. Plus side is that the 1 bend is nothing compared to the crease above – maybe a 3rd of the size? No seam splits from what I've seen. And the vinyl turned out a beautiful shade of blue. Considering that this looks to be completely sold out, I'm confident than even these cosmetically dinged copies will be cherished. As I was writing this, I thought of an additional idea: everyone is going to pay at least $5.50 in shipping, right? With the latter group paying $6.50. This breaks down into a set pool of shipping costs that I need to get everything out, Media Mail, and also pay for the difference I personally footed when placing the order last week. If 2 people don't give a damn about a corner bend and want to save $4-5, and 2 people are down to pay $4-5 extra for a crisp jacket... perhaps we can shuffle the costs around. What do you think? I'll photograph the bends to give you guys an idea of what we're working with and we can take it from there. For now I'm just spitballing ideas. Open to suggestions, too. Thanks for reading. Your copies are so close – it's been one hurdle after another, but we're almost there. NoWorthyIcons 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantheriver Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Definitely on board with you keeping a nice one for your efforts my friend. I’m also fine with getting a dinged copy, won’t be the first or last time that happens. If I save a couple bucks along the way that’s fine too, up to the rest of the gang to weigh in. Derek™ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluethumb Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Same, please keep one of the nice copies - you did us all a solid by managing it. I'm partial to a non-dinged copy, that being said I am happy to take whatever is left if others feel strongly about that primo jacket. Derek™ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyEnemy Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 All for you keeping one of them minty boiz, for sure! I’ll take whatever. Just lemme know. Derek™ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoWorthyIcons Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 You definitely don't deserve one of the nice copies for the effort you put into this. /s If you want to pull names out of a hat and shift some of the charges around to account for nicer copies, I'm okay with that plan. Or whatever plan you see fit, I think everyone here trusts your judgement. Derek™ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek™ Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 (edited) Thanks for the feedback, guys. It's sounding like no one is [particularly] gonna' lose their shit over a bent corner which is great news. I'm also leaning towards maybe just boxing all 8 copies up, then shuffling them haphazardly, and just going down the list to label each. Leave it to a real luck of the draw – much like the actual ordering process. Maybe a quick note to the "winners" so you know your copy should be one of the pristine ones.... I also have some extra freebie records and goodies I may insert at random, too. No fun stuff like Airheads or Pixie sticks but still a few giveaway records, or shit that I own and don't want to bother selling for $12 on Discogs. Just to make things a little more fun. Edited October 20, 2020 by Derek™ bluethumb, NoWorthyIcons, Shelby and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyEnemy Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Perfect! I’m fully down with that and, again, appreciate everything. Super excited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek™ Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 17 minutes ago, MyEnemy said: Perfect! I’m fully down with that and, again, appreciate everything. Super excited. Glad to help and coordinate something quickly, especially before they sold out. The way I see it... these corner dings – included below – kinda' suck, but not nearly as badly as paying $55 individually and dealing with the same transit damage. At that cost, for a single LP, the least you could hope for is a quality jacket to arrive in tip-top shape. Anyways, here's what we're working with. 4 have a bottom right bend that's barely visible from the front, but more apparent on the back. And 2 have a top right bend that's visible on both sides, but also a bit smaller in size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Oh yeah that looks way better than my old copy no matter which damage I get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek™ Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 3 minutes ago, Shelby American said: Oh yeah that looks way better than my old copy no matter which damage I get. For sure. In the pics above you're seeing the absolutely brunt of the damage, too. Anything not shown – all other corners – are pristine and crisp. I haven't taken a magnifying glass to each LP but nothing seems warped or alarming, either. I probably made it sound worse than it was when describing everything last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek™ Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 One of you guys is getting an "alternate cover" that I doodled in about 90 seconds. Part of me wanted to keep it for myself. whoa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluethumb Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 7 hours ago, Derek™ said: One of you guys is getting an "alternate cover" that I doodled in about 90 seconds. Part of me wanted to keep it for myself. Nice! Derek™ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek™ Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Alright folks. PMs for shipping payment have gone out. We’re so close. If you won a “pristine” copy – closer inspection revealed all 3 have a micro, teeny, bee’s dick bend – I sort of figured you won the prize in itself. If you weren’t one of the lucky 2, then your order comes with 1 or 2 bonus LPs. I think there’s one order that has the Enemies record, Sleigh Bells’ Reign of Terror (a double LP), and a bonus LP in there. Definitely losing some money on that Media Mail, haha. Everyone, period, got a handwritten note because we wholesome as hell out here. If you scored some freebies, then I did my best to explain what the bonus LPs are or where they came from to my best knowledge. Shipping Friday, maybe Saturday depending on when we get these shipment payments cleared. Get hyped. MyEnemy, dantheriver, NoWorthyIcons and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdventureIsOutThere Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 51 minutes ago, Derek™ said: Alright folks. PMs for shipping payment have gone out. We’re so close. If you won a “pristine” copy – closer inspection revealed all 3 have a micro, teeny, bee’s dick bend – I sort of figured you won the prize in itself. If you weren’t one of the lucky 2, then your order comes with 1 or 2 bonus LPs. I think there’s one order that has the Enemies record, Sleigh Bells’ Reign of Terror (a double LP), and a bonus LP in there. Definitely losing some money on that Media Mail, haha. Everyone, period, got a handwritten note because we wholesome as hell out here. If you scored some freebies, then I did my best to explain what the bonus LPs are or where they came from to my best knowledge. Shipping Friday, maybe Saturday depending on when we get these shipment payments cleared. Get hyped. Better mail order service than most over here. Derek™ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoWorthyIcons Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Derek™ said: Everyone, period, got a handwritten note because we wholesome as hell out here. If you scored some freebies, then I did my best to explain what the bonus LPs are or where they came from to my best knowledge. I am expecting a random copy of Jane Doe with every order Derek™ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Derek™ said: Alright folks. PMs for shipping payment have gone out. We’re so close. If you won a “pristine” copy – closer inspection revealed all 3 have a micro, teeny, bee’s dick bend – I sort of figured you won the prize in itself. If you weren’t one of the lucky 2, then your order comes with 1 or 2 bonus LPs. I think there’s one order that has the Enemies record, Sleigh Bells’ Reign of Terror (a double LP), and a bonus LP in there. Definitely losing some money on that Media Mail, haha. Everyone, period, got a handwritten note because we wholesome as hell out here. If you scored some freebies, then I did my best to explain what the bonus LPs are or where they came from to my best knowledge. Shipping Friday, maybe Saturday depending on when we get these shipment payments cleared. Get hyped. STOP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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